whātero
1. (verb) to protrude, poke out the tongue, shoot out (especially of the tongue).
2. (noun) poking out the tongue.
Ko te whātero te pana whakawaho i te arero. Ko te tāruarua hohoro i te whātero, ka kīia tērā ko te naki (RMR 2017). / The whātero is poking out the tongue. Rapid repeating of poking out the tongue is called the naki.
